LOCAL : Tujunga Pair Jailed on Drug Counts
A husband and wife were arrested after authorities seized an estimated $380,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana from their Tujunga home, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said today.
Mark Wellman, 41, and his wife, Susan, 35, were arrested at about 6 p.m. Monday at their home in the 10200 block of Bluegum Canyon Road, Deputy Van Mosley said.
Acting on an anonymous telephone tip, narcotics deputies from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station searched the Wellman house and found marijuana growing in a greenhouse on the 2 1/2-acre property, Mosley said.
The marijuana plants, which would have produced about 60 pounds of the drug, ranged from three to 10 feet tall, he said. The plants and buds were estimated to be worth $80,000 on the street.
Deputies also confiscated two pounds of cocaine worth about $300,000 and $75,000 in cash at the house, Mosley said.
The Wellmans were charged with suspicion of possessing cocaine for sale and cultivating marijuana, Mosley said. They remained in custody today in lieu of $15,000 bail each.
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